[dotBen]

Regardless of your ability, there will obviously be fewer and fewer jobs at higher and higher salaries - which is one of the angles behind the salary ceiling.

One way to circumvent this is to simply take more equity, assuming you are working for a venture-backed startup or company. In start-up land (ie Series A funding or below) you might find it hard to find anyone earning more than $150k but you could simply take more equity.

Of course you have to assume the equity is worth something but if you are that good then presumably your involvement will have a noticeable and demonstrable difference on the overall success of the company.